Ben Prasko, technology coordinator for the Iola school district, isn’t quite sure how much money the district will actually raise with a new technology fee structure aimed at helping low-income families. The plan, which was…

Allen County Farmers Market attendees will have cozier confines on Tuesdays. Iola City Council members approved Monday a request from Farmers Market organizers to move the Tuesday afternoon sales in Iola to Cofachique Park on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but vowed to continue her work in Congress, saying, “I’m not going to let Parkinson’s stop me…

After a 90-day session largely devoted to Democratic priorities, the Maryland House of Delegates devolved into a Republican-led shouting match with just six minutes before the General Assembly adjourned for the year. With a fresh…

As I teach my college-bound seniors “Antigone,” in what will be their final month and a half of school, I am asking them to consider: What laws are worth breaking? What superordinate priorities should people…

The best time to counsel a woman about abortion is long before she becomes pregnant. Not when she’s in the process. But on Friday, Kansas lawmakers passed legislation that requires physicians tell patients that abortion…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Texas case that could cut off access to the most commonly used abortion medication has started on a path through the legal system that could quickly lead to the Supreme Court.…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The bank employee who opened fire at his Louisville workplace targeted specific people with the rifle he bought legally a week earlier, police said Tuesday. Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Jacquelyn…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats announced Tuesday that they will hold their party’s 2024 national convention in Chicago, choosing the biggest liberal city in the Midwest as they try to keep the momentum going after a…

Ronald Craig Reninger, Sr., 62, of Stark, passed away April 3, 2023, as a result of a car accident. Ron was born Sept. 18, 1960, in Cherry Point, N.C., to Dannie J. Reninger and Darlene…